Ceremonies Valedictory Ceremony The valedictory ceremony was held on 11th February from 17:00 hrs to 18:00 hrs at HICC, Hyderabad.
Key points highlighted during the Valedictory ceremony were: ¬
The Chief Guest at the Valedictory Ceremony was Dr. T. Ramasami, Secretary to the Government of India, Department of Science and Technology The dignitaries present at the function include: ¬
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Shri Raja Sekhar Vundru announcing the initiatives of Department of Pharmaceuticals during the 12th plan period with major focus on Innovation, R&D, Drug discovery which includes: an international pharma cooperation initiative for setting up Joint Testing Lab facilities for certification, 6 n e w c e n t re s fo r fo r m u l a t i o n development and manufacturing training centres, extending infrastructure support for cold chain high-end drugs, 10 new Pharma growth clusters, National Centre of Pharma in northeastern region in Guwahati, R&D centre bulk drugs Napier in Hyderabad, Nano Technology Centre in Kolkata, 4 centres for Biosimilar expertise, including one in Hyderabad, industry focus on Animal House Scheme and creation of a park focused on medical device industry in Ahmedabad International Centre
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Shri Raja Sekhar Vundru, IAS, Joint Secretary, Department of Pharmaceuticals, Government of India
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Dr. K V Raghavan, Vice President, FABA Dr. Sunder Rajan, Director ARCI, Hyderabad Mr. Karun Rishi, President, USA - India Chamber of Commerce Dr. P V Appaji, Executive Director - Pharmexcil Mrs. Mridul Jain, Director, Department of Commerce, Government of India Dr. Ahmed Kamal, Project Director - NIPER, Hyderabad
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The session started with Dr. K.V.Raghavan delivering the welcome address and summarizing the importance of BioAsia. The panel speech started with Shri Raja Sekhar Vundru announcing the initiatives of Department of Pharmaceuticals followed by speeches from the rest of the panelists and finally concluded by the Chief Guest's speech.
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Valedictory Ceremony ¬
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(L to R) Shri Raja Sekhar Vundru, Dr. Ahmed Kamal, Dr. K V Raghavan, Dr. T. Ramasami, Mr. Karun Rishi, Dr. P V Appaji, Mrs. Mridul Jain and Dr. Sunder Rajan 11
R&D is the key to growth, innovation and the path to progress, said thought leaders Ceremony Highlights £ Release of BioAsia – CII Report £ BioAsia Special Award £ FABA Special Award £ NIPER Newsletter Release £ BioAsia Innovation & Young Minds Award